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The Wingham Advance, 1906-10-18, Page 7BANK OF MONTREAL ABSORBS ONTARIO BANK A Development That is a Big Surprise forthe Financial Men of the Country. Foreign Investments ,Affected Stock, and the Merger Will .Avert Disturbance. Montreal, Oct. 12.•--- "The Bank of Montreal has made au offer to pay all liablities of the Ontario Beni; under cer- tain conditions, and this offer is now under the consideration of the directors of the Ontario Bank," At 1.40 ibis morning the following statement was given out as the official pronouncement of the banks of Toronto: "A meeting of the representatives of the Toronto Banks was held at the resi- dence of 112x. D, Coulson, General Man- ager of the Bank of Toronto, last night to consider what action should be taken in connection with the Ontario Bank, Arte gemeuts aro in progress, to be con- summated on the arrival this morning of the representatives of the Bank of Mont. real, for securing payment of all liabil- ities," The ank's Offices. The bank has branches as follows:. Allston, Aurora, Bowinanvill•e, Bucking- ham, Que., Collingwood, Cornwall, Port William, Holstein, King City, Kingston, Lindsay, Montreal, Que., Mount Forest, Newmarket, .Ottawa, Peterboro, Port Arthur, Port Hopes, Sudbury; Toronto, Scott and Wellington streets; 'Toronto, Queen and Portland streets; Toronto, Yonge and Richmond streets; Toronto, Carlton and Yonge streets; Trenton, Tweed, Waterford. • Some of the Large Stockholders, The Dominion Government list of shareholders of chartered banks for the year ending Dee. 31, 1005, shows the foil - lowing as among the larger shareholders of the bank: G. R. R. Cockburn, President$31,700 John, Fled, director .. ... 5,200 R. D. Perry, director ... 10,000 C. McGill, manager .. ... , :30,000 C. McGill, in trust 30,033 Donald, McKay, Vice -President. 12,800 Thos. Walmsley, Vice -President 5,000 Hon. R. Harcourt, director 7,000 R. Grass, director ... 10,000 Mrs. Grass .' . ... 5,000 Sir Win. Macdonald, Montreal . 45,000 Manufacturers' Life . 77,500 Miss Elizabeth Lumsden, New- castle ... 26,000 John T. Molson, Montreal 13,000 W. R. Johnston & Co. (in trust) 23,500 S. F. McKinnon, Toronto 10,000 Toronto Mortgage .0o. (in trust) 37,500 Lord Stratheota ... ... 41,000 John T. Ross, Quebec .. 10,000. Sir Geo, Drummond, Montreal5,000 J. C. Dale & Co., Mudoe ... 10,000 Cephae Goode, 'Toronto 10,400 Estate of Sir Casimir Growski 29,000 R. Hall and C. !McGill, trustees 30,000 City and District Savings Bank, Montreal .. .... .. .... le,200 Oanacla Life .., . .. .. , , 1.5400Anglo- American Fite Insurance Company ,,, , , , , , , , ,, , , , 211000 A. F. Attte:s &('n. . ;'8,000 Chaise::d'ha'onolute oda Notre Dante, Quebec .. . . . , 30,000 Colonial investment & Loans Co. 13,900 .1, Darling and other trustees, J. L. 'cook . , , , „ , . , , . 22,000 Osler & Ratnnnond .. , .. 12,400 National Trust . . , . , .. . , , 7,800 Korth American Life .. , , . , , , . 11,500 STILL OPEN. The Ontarle Bank boing Buslnees in 11TOntreal, 'Montreal, Oct. 13 -(Special) -Business is being carried on as .usual at the local offices of the Ontario Bans:, It, N, King, the local manager, said lie had received no instructions which would cause any diversion in the ordinary course of busi- ness. IIe declined to discuss the situa- tion, The largest individual holder in Montreal is Sir W. G. MacDonald, who has 450 shares, but the directors of the Bank of Montreal are also quite large Minters of the stock. Lord Stratheota is a holder of 410 shares, H. B. Green- shields in trust, 60 shares, Sir George A. Drummond 50 shares, Icon. Robert Mc- Kay 07 shares. Among the Montreal financial institu- tions the ('ity and Districts Bank is the largest holder, having 411 schares. Situation at Kingston. Kingston, Oct, 13. -(Special) -The an- nouncement received here this morning of the collapse of the Ontario Bank cense as a bolt from the blue. Manager Angus MacDonell, said that he had no instruc- tions to close the bank up to ten o'clock and he would open as usual lidless other- wise notified thy the authorities. ONTARIO BANK. Rush of Depositors for Their Money in • Toronto. Toronto, Out, Oct. ,13. -(Special) - Considerable excitement exists here to. day as a consequence of the announce- ments of the Ontario Bank's financial conditions. Depositors seem. fearful lest they lose their money and before the doors of the main office of the bank and the three branohes were opened this morning large numbers of persons had gathered outside, waiting for entrance. When the doors of the offices were open- ed, the waiting citizens crowded in and began hurriedly presenting their books and demanding their deposits. The rust was not wild, but it betokened a wide lack of confidence in the ability of the Bank of Ontario to meet its liabilities. INSURANCE INVESTIGATION. WILSON'S BLOCK OF STOCK IN THE REORGANIZED TRUST. -- Paid Nothing for It -Offers to Take Profit of Twenty-five Thousand-. Mr. DuVernet Supplements Mr. Wil- son's Salary by Cheque for $2,soo and 1,'erets Him to Endorse Cheque for $s,000. Toronto despatch: Another complica- tion in the affairs of the Pope and Fqw- ler syndicate new foreshadowed by th.' evidence before the Insurance Commis- sion yesterday. Mr. Matthew Wilson, K. C., said it was a surprise to trim to learn that some 7,000 acres of, choice land, selected under the option from the C. P. It., had been withheld when the transfer was made to the Great West Land Company. If that statement prey- ed correct be intimated that the cont - r. would have to get after somebody and that the holds so retained ,ought to belong to the company. Mr. Wilson took the ground that Sir John Boyd hod been under it ntisapprehensinnt when he made Itis statement before the commis- sion, and had confused two different in- cidents. Mr. Wilson also explained the transactions in canttection with the put -- charm of the Tope -Fowler option, noel said he was willing to abide by the deci- sion of Mr. Elliott G. Stevenson as to the desirability of returning to the Union Trust Company the 337 1-2 shares bonus stook in the Great West Land Company which lutd been surrendered. It transpired -that in the reorganization of the Union Trust Company, in which Mr. Wilson was acting for the I. 0. F., he bad acquired a one-half interest in a block of stock held by Mr. I:, E. A. Du Vernet upon which he had paid nothing, and which be offered Mr, Du Vernet at an advanee of $2,3,000 for sole to that gentleman's English friends. The oa- fes has not been accepted. Mr. Wil- son stated that he had accepted the position of President or Vice -President in the reorganized company at a salary ,, of $5,000 a year, and that Mr. Du Ver- net had supplemented tiro proposed salary by a•cash payment of $2,500. He had previously to that payment endorsral a cheque drawn to his order for $3.000, but knew nothing about the disposition of the money by Mr. Du Vernet. Touching the purchase by the Verger. 11ieC4illivivty nod Wilson syndicate of the Pope -Fowler option, W. Wilson said there- was a written option given for the first half inetrest at ,$4.50 per acre for Iand Which Pope and Fowier mid the C. P. R. $3.50, which has not been predated, and Mr. Wilson said he could not nay where it was now; it was left in the eustody of either lir. Foster oe f13r, McGillivray. As Pope and Fowler and the 'Ontari't harm & Town Sites Syndicate could not pull together, air. Fowler, repreeesting himself ana Route others, came to Lim and inforntec1llim they could not handl:' their half, offering to turn over the re- maining half interest so far as they Could do so on the same terms as the first hatlf. His recollection was that Mr. McGillivray first suggested that the offer of finanein* the whole be made to the union 'mist Co., stmt .lir, 1"('stet hugev ted that if they hada go',d thine it was their duty to offer it to t't&i own 'company. Mr. thefts stela that at the time h. did not think it well for directors t' hien any dealings with companies it which they were officers. •Ile thought it was indiscreet, but would not admit that he had scruples about it. He con- sulted Dr. Oronhyatekha and other utennbdre of the board, including:air John Boyd, to whom be told the whole facts, from beginning to end. Mr. Shepley asked whether it did not strike Mr. Wilson that the dealing of one director with a company by the hands of another director was a thing that ought to be forbidden. Mr. Wilson would not justify a director dealing with his board. No person bad a stronger feeling "on that point than he had. Ile had only to say that per- sonally he would urge legislation for the purpose of preventing such transactions as freely as they have taken place here- tofore. After luncheon IIr. Wilson contin- ual his evidence and gave in detail the arrangement of stock in the Great West Land Company when his syndicate ac- quired the interests of Popo & Fowler in the second half interest in the op. tion. The 23731 shares of bonus stock to the Union Trust Company and the 100 shares given to Dr. Oronhya- tekha were, he said, given absolutely to the company for financing the trans- action, whether by way of mortgage or stock. The block given to Dr. Oronhya- tekliit was to be for his own use or for the benefit of the Union Trust. After proleeting that counsel was not fairly representing the actual state of affairs, Mr. Wilson admitted that Ms personal interest in the land company was far greater than in the Union Trust Company, and that the conver- sion of the trust company's holdings from stock into a mortgage did not re- mtote thte conflict of interest and duty. "Supposing that Mr. Wilson, solicit- or of the Union Trust Company, share- holder in tine 'anion Trust Company, and director of the company, had no intcre.st whatever in the Great West Land Company, had it been suggestel at any meeitng that this compensation stock should be given up or that the Union Trust Company could not con- trol and ought not to control in its own interest the actions of the Great Test 'I.nncl Company?" A. --I would hnve said undoubtedly that in the first place the Union Trust Company ought not to take a mortgage and ought to have retained its existing position, but if it took a mortgage it ought to give up what had been given it." Mr. Nilson said he was prepared to leave it to Mr. Stevenson to say , whether the bonus stock ought to be surrendered. Whatever Mr. Steven- son said, in the light of what has trail -liked, he would be willing to do. 1 lir. Wildon was next questioned in i respect to Itis eomtectimt with the re- ' organization of the 'Union Trust Com• patty, in which he acted as agent for she I. 0. F. He said he had agreed to take en-ltalf all interest of $500,000 which Mr. 1)u Vernet held in the reorgan- I ized emeptuny. This fact he disclosed) recently to Mr. Stevenson. He had not put up any stoney on account of the purchi'se of this interest, and did not know how Mr, Dn Vernet had fin- ene•ed the transaetion, Mr. Wilson said that he had offered Mr. 1)u Vernet to sell his $250,000 stock for a profit of P25,000, but the of- fer had net been aeeepted. IIe under- stood tltnt the :500,000 held by Mr. 1)n Vernet and himself was a portion • of the sired: that was to be disttibuted England. • "Mr, 1)u Vernet was the agent for the purebasrr: you were the agent for • the t•emlera. Von and he are sharing t a profit on the turning over of the pro - 1 petty between the pried to your prin- cipals, tho vwndots, and the price of the property to his principals, the von. +lees, is not that it in plain English?" asked Dir. Shepley. A, --"No, it is not. 1 got the stock, with the instructions front Mt. 14trrensott to get 110 for it, The best way for me to da that was to offer to take sono of it myself, after showing that it. was worth more than that on it u• per cont, basis, which I chid." "And 1i1 dohs not strike you up to the pre- sent moment that you, as agent for the vendor, and Mr. Du Vernet, as agent for the vendee, had no right to make a profit to each of you on tlto transfer?" A, -Why would we not have the tight to do it's "I will not argue' With a roan who says, 'Why have we out a tight to do it thing like_ that; " was Mr. Sltepley's colnment as he passed to another phaso of the question. Mr. WVilsoh defiled any knowledge of UM difference of $5,011) hettl•een the two options on the Shields•Itynn tint- ber proposition, or that he hath endorsed any other cheques without knowing what because of the money. Dr. Oronityatekha will probably bo re• called this morning. THE WOMAN IN THE CASE Denies Attachment Between Herself and Brouwer. Doctor Says Wife's Jealousy Was Uncalled for. Medical Witness Says Wife Was Poisoned. Toms River, N. J., Oct. 10.-A deep and abiding love for his wife, in spite of her jealousy anal fancy that every woman he met was at his feet, was ex- pected to be disclosed to -day as the key- note of the defence of Dr. Frank Brou- wer, when he took the stand in, his trial 011 the charge of the murder of Mrs. Brouwer. The lawyers for tate defense, just/ before Dr. Brouwer entered the court room to -tiny, admitted that the note in Dr. Brouwer's testimony would be !ds great affection for his wife and that his attentions to Miss Stella Mallen - !than. his housekeeper, and to Mics 'Marie Kearns, a nurse, wore merely t figment of Mrs. Brouwer's imagina- tion, heightened by her illness, Dr. W. S. Washington, one of the medical experts in the trial, was per- mitted to -day after a legal battle last- ing all day yesterday and. through part of to -day's session too answer the aypothetical question in which he de - :dared that the physician's wife had died of poisoning. The hypothetical question was a tong one; but summarized, asked Dr. NVash- ington to state whether in his opinion from the symptoms of Mrs. Brouwer before her death, she died of strych- nine and arsenical poisoning. The answer camp clearly, "1 shnnl•t say sbe died of arsenical poisoning;" There was a big stir in the court room when this answer was given. Isaac White, a New York newspaper man, was the next witness. He gave important. testimony. White, you remember a con- versation with Dr. Brouwer at 4his hone in bhis town at the beginning of this ease?" "1 .do." "1Vlnatt did he say to you?" "IIe admitted that hie wife was jealous of hint because of it wtnutn tanned Stella bfeClenahan." ":iMow did be come to say this?" "I asked hint if the report was true," "And joet what did he say?" "lie said, as near as I can •nentent- nrr, 'Yes, •ntforttutately that report is ,roe' TIe told me Miss McOlesiahan was then in the house in charge of Me children; that 'hr was• the young woman whtont I had met itt the door when I carie in. " Tire State then closed its ease. The- first witness on 'behalf of Dr. Brouwer was Miss Estella Me0len:t- hen, the girl of Whom Mrs. Brouwer was bitterly jealous, who stepped into the Brouwer hone as anurse for . th•c -lector's: children the slay of Mrs. Brouwer's burial. ;Miss Meet enahaun, slender, bla eke 'faire&, with beautiful dat'k blue eyes, had her emotion under good control. She declarer" she had first gone to the doctor's douse as a patient, but shays in the day time when Mrs. Brouwer, or other women of the household, were at home. 'In all your experience with the lector, dict he even- treat you in any manner other than a lady?" "He did not." "Did he- ever act improperly?" "IIe never dal." o•r APPLAUDED THE PRISONERS. BOYCOTT AGAINST U. S. GOODS AT • CANTON CALLED OFF; Hong Kong, Oct. 15. -Tire boycott against American goods having been call- ed off at Canton, the Viceroy •ha's re - eased the three ringleaders of the move - neat under arrest there. An enormous mored gathered outside the prison and tpplauded the prisoners when they were released, extolling their conduct as tend - 'lig toward the elevation of the ch:trac- :erof the Chinsee nation. 'llihe released nen thanked the people for the demon- stration of their sympathy. The megis- -rate gate a lunch to the boyeotters tfter they were set at liberty, and they were also the recipients of congratulat- ing telegrams• frown the coast ports, 4.0' HOTEL MEN CAUGHT NAPPING. 'Forty Convictions for Violation of Act Within Four Weeks. Toronto despatch: Forty convictions for violation of the License Act is the record. of the special evolk of the license :Iepartment during the last four weeks. Without any warning to local in- tetdecotd, special officers Utave been. sent round, and in several eases where the local in:Teeter protested that the law was faithfully observed, convic- tions were seeured. In Welland, sift hotels nod one shop; hi Port Colborne, two hotels; in F'oi•t Erie, two, and in Niagara )•alts, 18 tapes resulted in fines of $50 and costs $1,4:0 in all-- for selling liquor after !tours. The fines for last month to- taled about 4;2,000. BLINDED BY LIGHTNING. .4,11.1,.., Hello Girl loses Her Sight at Utica in a flash.. She Was Seated at the Switchboard at the Time, . Was the Only Sup of a Widowed Mother. Utica, Oet. 15. An accident which will probably result its the total blind- ness of Miss Mary Lewis, a telephone operator, of this city, occurred pater - day, while tiro young woman was seated at the switchboard in the Home Tele- phone Company's exchange. She re- ceived a severe electric shock which rendered her unconscious for a time, and left her sightless. Miss Lewis said she had the receiv- er at her ear and was bolding a con- necting plug in the right hand when suddenly a flash passed before her eyes and she knew no more until she re- gained consciousness some time later. Surgeons who have examined the girl's eyes say that her condition is a result of an electric, shock, which paralyzed the optic nerves, and will probably re. suit in permanent blindness, A• sad phase of the case is that the girl'•s mother is a widow, whose hus- band died less than a year ago, leaving her with two children, of which the in- jured girl is the elder. The daughter, although very young, was striving by iter labor, to assist her mother in sup- porting the family. - TOOK FIRE ESCAPE NEW YORK WOMEN FLEE FROM A BURNING BUILDING, Now York, Oct. 13. -Women and girls to the number of 250, employed in var- ious tailoring shops in a five -storey brick building in the Williamsburg sec- tion of Brooklyn, escaped from tlteir work rooms by means of the fire ladders v-day when the building caught fire. None ne of them were injured, but they all were badly frightened, when the blaze on the third floor cut off their exit by the stairs from' the fourth and fifth floors. The upper pant of the building Willi burned out, and the stage of Phil- lips' Lyceum Theatre, adjoining, was badly damaged. The loss is estimated at $50,000. RESPECT COLONIAL RIGHTS. Promise to Premiers by Winston Churchill. London, Oct. 15. -Winston Churchill, at Glasgow, rentarketi that the time would conte when a united, federated, free South Africa would take its place beside Camila and Australia in the shining constellation of the British em- pire. Mr. Churchill also said the colonies and the great states of Canada and Australia were now fully • assured that the Liberal Ministry meant to cherish their interests and protect their rights. He promised the Colonial Premiers a true British welcome and a fair and patient consideration of every question they raised. •.ta SUICIDE IN LIONS' DEN. Brazilian Noble Dined Friends First, Animals Later. • Lisbon, Oct. 15.-A despatch from Rio De Janeiro states that Viscount Almeida, a well-known member of so- ciety, committed suicide in a sensation- ally novel manner. IIe invited a num- Bee of itis friends to a sumptuous din- ner, and afterwards led them to a cage of Bone, that he had hired from a trav- eling menagerie. When all were watch- ing the animals and chatting the Vis- count opened the door of the cane and entered. The lions pounced upon him and he was fatally mutilated before ho .:oulit be dragged out. It is stated that he was overwhelmed by gambling debts. KILLED BY BITE OF CHILD. Keeper of Retreat for Feeble -Minded Little Ones a Victim. Middletown, N. Y., Oct. 15.- Mrs. Annie Meeker Brewster of East Codd- enham, whose funeral took place yes- terday, died as the result of a child's bite. The Brewster home is a retreat for feeble-minded children. When Mrs. Brewster was bitten the poison spread through her system and caused her great agony. She suffered the amputation of her arm and an abscess finally formed on Iter brain, causing death. She is survived by her husband and three children. *4 KILLED IN A SALOON BRAWL. Nest Side Chicago Saloon Keeper Fataily Shot Customer. Chicago, Oct. 15, -,john Fitz' ibbons, whose address is unknown, was slot and almost instantly killed in the saloon of Foley Brothers, 40 \Vest Madison street, shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday morn- ing by Tim Foley, one of the proprietors of the saloon. With a companion Fitz- gibbons entered the place shortly before the closing hour. After having a round of drinks the murdered man, it is alleged by his slay- er, 1•.ecatme noisy and abusive. Foley en- dertook to eject him from the sateen. He alleges he was attacked by Fitzgib- bons, and he to frighten tate man fired n shot in the air. Fitzgibbons continued to appron10, and Foley shot him through the right It rg. i elcy was arrested and taken to ..be plains street station on a carr ,e c;f murder. OFF THE TRACK. SEVEN PERSONS SERIOUSLY HURT ON UNION PACIFIC. Topeka, Kan., Oet. 10. ---Seven persons were injured seriously and many more slightly in the wreck which neetrrred last nightT two suites as ites ct. of Wamego, on the 'Union Pacific Railway. Your ears nn the eyerland westland were thrown from tine. tract: by n broken rail and the wreckage is strewn over a distance of a quarter of a anile. 'rine train wail late and was running at high speed. The en- gine fonder, baggege and mail ears, te- 1.-tther with the smoker. slid not leave the tranek. Meet of tite injured are resi- dents of this State. SI'PTEMUER FRUIT CROP REPORT., Apples ---rhe reports show a lessened estimate of the crop again this month, so that upon the wliole the winter crop must be regarded as light to medium. There will be a fairly large aggregate available for market purposes, from the fact that there is some crop almost everywhere, but in a very few cases is there an average crop. The Nova Sem tian reports show no improvement be- yond a • inediuul crop of vinter applea. The Ontario crop, north r° lake Onta- rio, is seriously affected by the dry wea- ther. Georgian Bay is more favorably situated for winter stock than any other part of Ontario. The Gravensteins in Nova Scotia are reported ata being near- ly all harvested, the result being a small crop of exo2ediugly poor quality. The prices for Gravenstein at the station in Nova Scotia range from $1.G0 to $1.85 per barrel. Kings and Blenheim are being sold at $2 as they come from the trees. In District 4 the prospects for a crop of Famous: are decidedly poorer Mtn at the time of the last report. I'earsPears are being harvested. The actual results show even it poorer erop of No. 1 fruit than the earlier reports would have anticipated, but in, well kept pear orchards owners aro reporting that financial results, crop and price eonsad- ored, have been quite satisfactory. Peaches-Pendiek are ripening prema- turely with a consequent forcing of the later varieties upon the market, the ef- feet of which is to lower the prices at the present time, with a probability of higher prices for later fruit. Reports stilllight,show late varieties to be somewhat Plums --Plums are very scarce in the market, with no prospect of much im- provement for the later varieties. Plums rot is present, but not to the same ex- tent as usual. Grapes --'The grape crop is suffering from dry weather and to a limited ex- ent from black rot. There will be a medium crop. Tomatoes -The acreage of the crop is much larger than usual, but the yield per acre is somewhat below the average. Insects --'The marked feature of the insects for this month is the pronounced appearance of the work of the Codling 'Moth. No doubt the crop of this year will be more affected by Codling Moth than any for the last four or five years. Fungous Diseases -Upon the whole the crop of this year will maintain its reputation for being particularly free from scab and other fungous diseases. Foreign Crop Reports -There has been no change in the German ctop report except a depreciation in th.e, quality of it, so that while there will be a medium crop of apples, plums and pears, they will be of somewhat inferior grade; the same is true of the crop in Belgium and France. Very conflicting 1'eports are given of the fruit crop in the United States, the buyers asserting that there is a "bumper" crop. The English apples are now being harvested, but do not glut the market. The British pear erop is somewhat below the average in qu:ul- ity, but the poorer grades aro above the average in quality. Plums are a 'Allure. Market conditions for apples -Corre- spondents etre reporting sales in large quantities. It is estimated that about two-thirds of the available crop fs now out of the hands of the growers. The buy ing of lump orchards is a very mark- ed feature of this year's business, The usual price per barrel for apples upon the trees is reported to be from $1.00 to $1.25 for good winter stock, 75 cents for summer and fall stock, The prices, which have been received from the early apples shipped to London, Liverpool, and Glasgow markets have been quite satisfactory, indeed, mete (nigher than was anticipated considering the quality and condition of the fruit as it left export points. The auction- eers at Liverpool report Gravensteins, 23 to 26 shillings; Alexanders and'Wealtht- ies, 21 to 24 shillings, for the choicest qualities. One Brighton shipper re. salved for a carload the beginning of September, $3.62 per barrel net. These prices are quoted not as to what may be expected later in the season. 'unfortunately much of the early fruit which left the Port of Montreal was in a condition that rendered it almost im- possible for it to reach the British mar- ket in a satisfactory shape. The de- fects that were noted by the inspectors at Montreal were due partly to the. feet. that: • 1. Proper care was not taken in the grading of the fruit, many imperfect and over ripe specimens being included. 2. No means were taken to cool the fruit, the most of it reaching Montreal at a temperature from 70 to 83 degrees. 3. moo long a time was allowed to elapse between the picking and ship- ping. Bearing these facts in mind it is easy to account for the many poor specimens Diet can bring little profit to the ship- per. A noticenhle feature in the export trade is the presence in ('annda of buy- ers from South Africa, France and Bel- gium. The South African trade will take increasing consignments of our earls and best fruit only. Belgium and France want more particularly our later varlet. ties or highly colored dessert apples of the best grade. BELL'S FLYING MACHINE. Inventor of the Telephone at It Again. IIttlifax, Oet. 15. --Professor Alexan- der Graham Bell, of Beinn Brca"h, Bad - deck, arrived in Sydney last, night. Pro - feasor Bell has now installed the "Ugly Duckling," en experimental motor boat, o1 fifteen horse-p:nwer gasoline motor. which affords a better opportunity for making tests. The motor to be used on the proposed flying machine is finished. and will arrive in a week. It is also a fifteen horse -power machine, and weighs only one hundred pounds. It is proposed this winter to place the framework which is now resting upon the Peng cop- per cylinders of the "Ugly Duckling,". upon runners. and make experiments on the fee. It is thought that better results will be obtained in the way of speed. GIRL IS FATALLY BURNED. Kerosene Explosion rata:* to "Little Mother" of Four Tots. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct, 15. --..Martha Schultz, aged 16 years, a "little n t finer" to four young children, was fatally le to eel by a lceroseur explosion at her i.+ane on Readling load, in this city, to -day. There wag no adult near to aid Ole suf• feting girl until site had become liter- aly a living torch. The mother had been dead for some years, and the family had been united latter the, care of the little mother less than a year ago. The father, Berman Schultz, a eontractnr, had left the house a short time before the- accident. The man who wears whiskers may keep out of many a scrape. It Is better to take things as they eonte than to .part with them as they go. ANOTHER GIRL. COMMITS SIJ1CIDI BECAUSt 'SNE WAS SCO1. Young Girl Rebelled Because Her Liberty Wee Curtailed by Her Barents Jamestown, Oct. 16.-'1'be suicide of Idiss Ellen Lindberg, reported in this morning's Courier, has been a subject of unusual comment as the facts sur rounding the case IlaVe developed. Miss Lindberg Was the oldest of the family of seven children and one of the prettiest Swedish girls in the city. She was as vivacious as she was pret- ty, and, of course, did not lack admir- ers. She was fond of company and un- doubtedly had contracted a habit of going out a great deal in the evenings. And not always with company that was satisfactory to ber parents. One evening early last week she told het parents that she was going to spend tits evening with her grand- mother. Not returning at what her father considered a suitable hour, he started out in pursuit of her and had just left the house when he met his daughter and a companion costing home from the theatre. She bad not visited her grandmother as ex ted, and after reaebivag home a rather storaoy scene followed Tion girl told her parents that she was tired of living anyway and if they were not satisfied with her actions she would very quickly end ber own life, After this discussion she went to bed and got up at an early hour tate fol- lowing morning and left the house stating that she was going out to do an errand. She did not return. Later her parents thought she had gone over into the grape belt to find employment and to cause them some uneasiness. They made efforts to find her, but without avail, and becoming more alarmed each day at her continued • ab- sence they notified the police. The authorities discos -erre], that she was seen going in the direction of the outlet and making a systematic search the body was found among the bushes in the edge of the stream. The girl's reputation was not bad, and she Iied a heat of friends who believed in her goodness and purity. PRINCIPAL OF ST. ANDREW'S FAVORS SPELLING REFORM. Would Save Millions of Hours of Wasted Labor and Cement the Empire. St. Andrew's, Scotland, Oct. 10. -At the opening of the winter session of at, Andrew's University to -day the princi- pal, Dr. James Donaldson, showed him- self to be an ardent supporter of spelling reform. Dr. Donaldson said that he cor- dially favored phonetic spelling, as chil- dren and illiterates could learn. tltrouggit a phonetic alphabet in a quarter or a third of the time required under the present system, and as millions of ehtil- dten were learning to read phonetic spell- ing would save millions of hours of wasted labor and irritating vexation, It would also help greatly in governing the colonies and'dependencies, as it was of the utmost importance that every citizen of the British empire, whatever his native tongue, should learn Engiisb. The greatest obstacle to the learning English would be removed when the words were spelled phonetically. Dr. Donaldson, at tite conclusion of itis address, announced that Andrew Car- negie and donated $50,000 to the addi- tiettal erection of a library of the univer- sity. DEATH TO TI1Y.. JEWS. M. Dubrovin Makes an Speech. St. Petersburg, Oct. 15.-M. Dubrovin, President of the Union of Russian Peo- ple, made` a remarkable address at Odessa to -day. He spoke to a band of 300 armed members of the union who had carried him on their shoulders to the railroad station on his departure for Kiev, and said: 'In the name of our beloved Emperor I bless you. The holy Russian cause is the extermination of rebels. Yon know who they are and where to find them. Clear the Russian soil of them. The Russian people want neither consti- tutions nor Parliaments, but orthodoxy and autocracy. Go ahead, brothers, death to the rebels and Hebrews." After M. Dubrovin's train had left the band of 300 rushed down the princi- pal streets of the city, shouting "Death to the rebels!" "Death to the Hebrews!" All shops were at once closed and the "I don' tsay that the Liberal party -will carry the measure through this year, but that they will do so eventually I firmly believe. These are my reasons for this confidence: In the first place the Liberal party has a strong majority with which to work -a majority of about 150 votes, Incendiary without counting the Irish party, which means that what the Liberal party seta out to do it probably will be able to do. "In the second place, the premier, Sir IL Campbell -Bannerman, is as good a home ruler as I ant. He bas already been sponsor for two Lome rule bills - in 1886 and 1892 -and be states to -day that his views on this subject, so far from being changed in the years that have • sin'e elapsed, have only been strengthened. Ho has never lowered the home rule flag, and he has spoken out boldly in favor of the cause, even at times, as when in the last election, it night have been to his favor not to make it so prominent. "Furthermore, the whole cabinet is more or less in favor of self-govern- ment for Ireland. I believe the masses of Englishmen, and especially the work- ing classes. are now to favor of the measure. This is a wonderful change, and it is simply and entirely the result of the growing appreciation amongst English people of the merits of the ease, Hebrew population was in a condition and of the injustice to Ireland of the of panic and terror throughout the night. Present system. Tho tactful measures taken by the pre- •a feet, however, prevented further flatus- SUES HUSBAND FOR PIN MONEY. banes. Wife Springs Signed Agreement to Prove G. T. R. MEETING. That He Owes Her $352. Omaha, Oct. 15.-A novel suit was in - EXPECTS INCREASED DIVIDEND ______ stituted in the district court here to -day by Mrs. Lason F. Jones against her hus- AND INCREASED TAXES. band. She asks *552, which she claims he husband promised but failed to pay London, Oct. 15. -At the semi-annual her. Mrs. Jones incorporates in her petition meeting of the stockholders of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, held` n copy of a written contract signed by herself and her husband, in which be here to -day, the President, Sir Charles agreed to pay her $10 a month for her Rivers Wilson, while not pledging hint- personal use and in which she agreed self, said that be would be greatly lis- not to demand from him more than that appointed if he is unable to announce amount for her personal use. at the annual meeting at; increased div Mrs. Jones alleges that motes this s agreement 11r..Tons should have paid idend for third preference stockholder This announcement pacified a number of her $600, whereas he has actually paid holders of stock who attended the her only $48, and she asks judgment for meet- ing with the intention of attacking the the unpaid balnnce. policy of the directors. President Wilson devoted much of his address to the in- creased taxation imposed by the Canad- lan Government, particularly the increase in the tariff on rails. If the company continued to buy rails in the United States it would mean an Merease of cost of $1,250,000 for renew- als in the present system, and an in- crease over the estnuated cost of the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway of $1,000,000. The Preselent also complained of the great increase in taxation imposed by the Ontario Om ernment, and said he anticipated an ear- ly completion of the Grand Trunk Peel. fie Railway front Edmonton to \Viani- peg but he feared the Government woull not be ready with the section from Winnipeg to Lake Superior Jtunetiom. Sir Charles further announced that the directors will shortly ask for subscrip- tions to a d.'ira:tture issue for the con- struction of new cars for the Grand Trunk Pacific, vehicle, unless required by --- the new rood, would be .used by the PARISIANS RUSH FROii THEIR Grant Trt n' Company. ••n. POOR GUN. Coldwater Man Tries to Kill His Wife and Himself. Coldwater, Oct. 15. --John Galenue shot at his wife yesterday, missed her, tben pulled the trigger of his revolver three times on himself, but it would not go off. The weapon was then wrested from him and he was taken to jail. He said his failure to kill Itis wife and himself was due to the fact that he had a cheap re- volver. Ile said he wanted to buy a larger weapon, but it cost $2 more ana be thought the cheaper one would do. "I wonted to fix my wife so she would never fool another man as she did nt.e," Ile said. A CAVE-IN. HOME RULE. O'CONNOR THINKS BRITAIN WILL GRANT SATISFACTORY MEASURE. Says Bannc-mtan is as Good a Home Ruler as IIe is -The British Work- men Aleo Favor Home Rule -Lib - orals Are 'Strong and Can Do Much as They Like. Montreal, Oct. 15. ---Mr. Fitzgibbon fac- ed a thousand people this evening when be introdueed. T. P. O'Connor, who ones more and in splendidly eloquent fash- ion told the story of Ireland. lie claimed that home rule to Ireland would be equally beneficial to England, nein would consolidate the Empire. Mr. O'Connor dec'arel, in fact, that any 3'nglieh lxtlitleian who would support home rale lie •iritic it would alone bene- fit Ireland would be a traitor to his country. He further sally HOMES IN PANIC. Part.,. Oct. 15. -Thirty yards of the ntetl n,n,'.tntt subway, near the Buttes Cbanmcrt Park, a section necessary to complete the belt around Paris, caved in today. The wildest excitement fol- 1•owedd ns it was feared that the neigh- boring, Louses: would crumble; but the buil <ing,i were hastily and safely evacu- ated. Tee scene of the cave-in 1s close to the place where the metropolitan subway ,iivaster of 100:3 •ocetu•red. Fainter's Wife Mindere& Wnree ter. Mass., (ret. 13. ••.'t epea•sal to Tite Telegram from Wincbendon says: Mts. Ira E. Wood, wife of a farmer, living in 1Vinchendon, near Templeton line, was shot in the face at 0 o'clock to -night, dying in 10 minutes. A charge of shot was fired through a window of her home, striking Mrs. Wood. Deputy Sheriff Robert Callahan of 1Vinehmelott brie sent out word to ar- rest Harry Wood, a brother of the woman's husband, on the charge of warder. Rev. John Lea oy,sretired Iiethodi.t minister, died at Byron.